Numerical
[njuː'merɪk(ə)l] or [nʊ'mɛrɪkl]
Definition
(adj.) relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers; 'tests for rating numerical aptitude'; 'a mathematical whiz' .
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Definition
(n.) Belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters; as, numerical characters; a numerical equation; a numerical statement.
(n.) The same in number; hence, identically the same; identical; as, the same numerical body.
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Examples
- It was a question whether our numerical strength and resources were not more than balanced by these disadvantages and the enemy's superior position. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- About every fifteenth address plate in a drawer was equipped with a vertical, subdividing tab--numerical, alphabetical or geographical as the case might require. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Scientific accuracy is dependent on words and other means of numerical expression. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- These cards would cause the engine automatically to operate on the numerical data placed in it, in such a way as to produce the correct result. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The abacus may be defined as an arrangement of movable beads which slip along fixed rods, indicating by their arrangement some definite numerical quantity. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Some of these latter were occupying positions from which they could not render service proportionate to their numerical strength. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But his immediate interest lay in numerical relationships and geometrical proportions. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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